Greenville Football Great Ricky Simmons Speaks Thursday On Redemption

Pud Kearns with Housewarmers of Greenville says 1970s Greenville Lions football great Ricky Simmons will speak at 9 a.m. Thursday at Greenville Middle School on his triumph over drug addiction and imprisonment. Simmons played college football at the University of Nebraska and in the USFL. He will sell and sign copies of his book, "The Explosion of Redemption." Also, Pud discusses Food Truck Friday at the Greenville Sports Park at 6 p.m. Friday.

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Blacklands Cafe. Pud Kearns with Housewarmers of Greenville is the guest. KETR, John Mark Dempsey.

The executive director of the Northeast Texas Trail, Jack Neal, and trail supporter Hank Pickering of Wolfe City discuss the news that the NETT has earned more than $1.1 million in grants from Texas Parks and Wildlife for improvements to the trail. As part of that, Wolfe City received $200,000 for improvements to the 1.6 miles of the trail in its city limits.